Example sentences of "[vb base] to being [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you ever aspire to being a gentleman , ’ she said with quiet dignity , ‘ you must take care of Katarina . ’ |
| 2 | I confess to being an edge-of-the-seat man myself , and for those who share this taste , Oppitz 's literal , unrhetorical manner will be too comfortable by half . |
| 3 | One to buy if you profess to being a masochist as well as a Bond fan . |
| 4 | At issue in the referendum , scheduled for July 6 , would have been whether Bulgaria should remain a republic or revert to being a monarchy . |
| 5 | and there 's a lot of er of what people even leave their , their fortunes to look after some animal and they do n't leave it to people like er the lady sitting here who are , folk , folk are starving , but then its because people are needed and people are needed by their children , but there also needed by their men folk and I think its when they turn to being a mother to their men that , you know , even the , the love that they have , er whether its been a sexual love at one time , er friendly love becomes a very caring love and er I think that 's what we all remember erm those of us who have lost our husbands , that would like to have that , that part back again |
| 6 | However , I admit to being a heroine addict . |
| 7 | I admit to being a healthy Euro-sceptic at times , distracted by fears of the disappearance of my prawn- flavoured crisps , the great British banger , that 's a sausage not Norman Lamont ! |
| 8 | Another problem arises where two people admit to being the driver of a vehicle and the police are unable to prove or disprove either statement . |